Elbert hakdin roberts



(No Model.)

B. H. ROBERTS. GHURN.

No. 465,030. Patented Dec. 15,1891.

NITED STATES PATENT QFFICEi ELBERT IIARDIN ROBERTS, OF MEXICO, MISSOURI.

CHURN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 465,030, dated December 15, 1891.

Application filed May 7, 1891. Serial No. 391,860. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ELBERT IIARDIN ROB-- ERTS, a citizen of the United States,residing at Mexico, in the county of Audrain and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Churns; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in churns; and it has for its main object the provision of a casting which is adapted to support the driving mechanism and to hold the churn-top securely in place and which can be applied to any churn having a vertical dasher-shaft without regard to the shape or size of the churn-vessel or its cover.

Other objects and advantages of the invention wilFappear in the following description, and the novelty thereof will be particularly pointed out in the claims.

The invention is illustrated i the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, and in which Figure 1 is a plan of a churn embodying my invention; and Fig. 2 is a longitudinalsection of the same, partly in side elevation.

Like letters of reference refer to like parts throughout the several views.

A is the cream-vessel or churn-body, the sides of which are shouldered, as shown at a, to receive the cover or top A, which rests on said shoulder. The cover A is recessed radially from its perimeter to a point slightly beyond its center for the reception of the cast ing B. The casting is made of a single piece of metal, and consists, preferably, of a practicallyoblong body part, having an L-shaped extension or bracket B at its inner end, a bracket B at its outer end, and raised bearin g-faces B 13*. These bearing-faces are bored for the reception of the spindles cl and d of the gear-wheel D and the pinion D. The gear-wheel D is driven by the handle 71, which may be made integral with the wheel or removably secured thereto, as desired, and

. meshes with the teeth of the pinion D, cans revolve therewith.

ing the pinion to .rotate, and with it the dash- 5o er-shaft F, secured to the spindle d. The dasher-shaft passes through an opening in the arm l) of the bracket B of the casting, and sidewise movement of said shaft is thus rendered impossible. A step-bearin K may be provided, however, for the lower end of the shaft, if desired. Beaters of any suitable number and construction' such as the blades Gare secured to the dasher-shaft and The inner end of the castingB is placed against the end wall of the recess in the cover A and the bracket 13 falls outside the upper edge of the side of the churn. Through a screw-threaded hole in this bracket the binding-screw 3 passes and binds against the side of the churn, holding the inner end of the casting firmly against the end wall of the recess.

By the arrangement above described I am enabled to use the casting B on any churn having a vertical dasher-shaft, as the distance between the body of the casting and the bracket may be of any desired length. By passing the dasher-shaft through the arm I) of the bracket B a steady rotation of the shaft is assured, even when a step-bearing is not provided for the lower end of said shaft.

I do not wish to be understood as limiting myself to the use of my casting for the support of horizontally-placed gear-wheels, as it is evident that these might be replaced by other forms of driving mechanism, such as band-wheels and belting, bevel-gearing, &c.

Having now described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patout, is

1. In combination with a churn, a device for supporting the driving mechanism and dasher, consisting of a casting adapted to bind at one end against the end wall of a radial recess in the churn-cover and at the other end against the side of the churn, substantially as described.

:2. A churn consisting of a cream-receptacle, a cover therefor ha'vinga radial recess, a casting adapted to bind at one end against the end wall of said radial recess and at the other against the side of they churn, driving mechanism mounted on said casting, and a dasher having a'perforated bracket B, bearing-faces I operated by said driving mechanism, snbstan- B B screw-threaded bracket B and bindtially as described. ing-screw s, substantially as described.

3. In combination With a churn, a device In testimonywhereof Iaffix my signature 111 for supporting the driving mechanism and presence of two witnesses. dasher, consisting of the casting B, adapted ELBERT HARDIN ROBERTS. to bind at one end against the end Wall of a Witnesses:

radial recess in the churn-cover and at the C. T. MANSFIELD,

other end against the side of the churn and JOHN T. MOBRY. 

